Re: Mountain Directory revisited

In article <n3p583lu655o5n6h7ej6lh5eu306p0el9e@xxxxxxx>,
JD <mycroft.removethis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:20:23 -0000, Frank Tabor <ftabor@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Ron

With the numerous copy protection schemes around, it seems like he should
have been able to find one that fit his business model.


I asked him about that but in his opinion, there isn't a copy guard
out there that will do (or so, his disk guru told him). Actually I can
see his point. No sooner does a new copy protection come out than the
hackers crack it.

JD

If the application can read the information, the copy "utility" can read it.

"bits is bits", to misquote an _old_ remarkt, but with digital data it is
absolutely true.

The only functionally reliable 'copy protection' scheme for software products
is that which utilizes external cryptographic hardware -- what is usually
called a 'dongle', and hangs off a parallel (or USB) port.

Even those can be defeated, but it generally requires more effort -- which
must be expended on a copy-by-copy basis -- than the cost of additional
legitimate copies.


.

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